General ⇒ Windows API 6 error

[patrikb]

Hi, first i'm new to latex so everyone knows.

Well the problem is when I write the a test document and want to make it a pdf I get the error: pdflatex windows api 6 error: the handle is invalid. And I do not know why. The problem occur whether I use TeXnicCenter or Texmaker.

Here is a link to a picture that shows what I have written + the error (texmaker and texniccenter)

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Would be real nice to get it all working so I could start learning how to use it.


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[MartinC]

I guess something is wrong with your Miktek installation. You should reinstall it.

[patrikb]

I will try reinstall miktex then

[patrikb]

Still getting the same error, even downloaded miktex (complete version) all over again but when it finished downloading it asked (said) if it were correctly installed. I could choose between it was installed correctly or reinstall using recommended settings. I chose the latter which started the miktex install, but I'm pretty sure the same would have happened if I chose it was correctly installed.

EDIT:
Just updated miktex after reading some other posts on the internet. I now succeeded in making the test document and convert to pdf using pdflatex in texmaker.

[localghost]

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